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April, 2016  (Page 11)

What Will Happen To Cornell As Old President Returns?

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Posted by    Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 11:00am

Donations did not come as expected, due in part, to his emphasis on leftist political correctness.

Accuracy In Academia reports.

Cornell Goes Back to Dismal Future

The 10th President of Cornell University, Hunter Rawlings, was recently named interim president of Cornell University due to the recent death of Cornell president, Elizabeth Garrett. Rawlings had...

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Should Conservatives Have Minority Status on Campus?

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Posted by    Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 9:30am

Conservatives are a minority at colleges and universities, aren’t they?

The American Interest reports.

The Last Minority

The campus turmoil of 2015 has exposed the American academy to a level of public scrutiny it hasn’t experienced since at least the “canon wars” of the late 1980s, and possibly since the anarchic New Left revolts...

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Digital Course Materials Overtaking Print

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Posted by    Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 8:00am

The results — if accurate — represent a major milestone for the education publishing industry.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Publishers report digital sales overtaking print sales

Several of the largest education publishers say they now generate most of their sales and revenue from digital products, but both analysts and some in the industry disagree...

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New Jersey Institute of Technology Student Straightens His Own Teeth With $60

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 6:30pm

A crash course in dentistry.

The Washington Post reports.

A college kid spends $60 to straighten his own teeth. What could possibly go wrong?

A college student has received a wealth of interest in his dental work after publishing an account of straightening his own teeth for $60.

Amos Dudley, who studies digital design at...

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Student Body Presidents at Multiple Jesuit Schools Endorse Black Lives Matter

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 5:00pm

Is there some connection here, other than the fact that Jesuit schools tend to lean left?

Red Alert Politics reports.

28 Jesuit college student body presidents endorse #BlackLivesMatter

In a move of solidarity, the student body presidents of all 28 Jesuit universities came together to sign on to a letter released Monday morning. Its purpose...

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Self-Driving Cars Coming To A Campus Near You

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 3:30pm

Consider this scene at a California state college campus:

The Guardian reports.

Self-driving cars coming to a college campus near you as price of tech drops

A futuristic-looking golf cart rolls towards a student walking with her books. When it gets near, it stops on its own, then Brandon Moak leans out and says,...

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Law Faculty Members at American University Freak Out Over ‘All Lives Matter’ Message

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 2:00pm

Is it really so offensive to say all lives matter? Some people at American University think so.

Powerline reports.

American University Law Faculty Members Disgrace Themselves

Recently, a student at American University Washington College of Law put a note on the door of a law professor stating “All Lives Matter.” This expression of what...

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Silicon Valley Does Not Want Dropouts

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 12:30pm

Silicon Valley employers are actually more likely to require a degree or advanced degree.

The Wall Street Journal reports.

Dropouts Need Not Apply: Silicon Valley Asks Mostly for Developers With Degrees

There’s a long-lived myth that Silicon Valley and the technology industry are meritocracies where all that matters is the caliber of your code....

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Grievance Culture Has Become an Industry on College Campuses

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:00am

Like everything else in life, it’s all about supply and demand.

The Washington Examiner reports.

The cottage industry of campus grievance culture

Someone said something you don’t like? Report them.

Someone you don’t like flirted with you? Report them.

Regret that drunken hookup? Report the other person.

The elevation...

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North Carolina Universities Resist New Bathroom Law

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 9:30am

The law requires public restrooms be used by people according to their biological gender.

The College Fix reports.

North Carolina universities balk at new bathroom law protecting privacy rights

A new North Carolina law that requires public restrooms be used by people according to their biological gender has been met with swift resistance by...

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Trump Chalk Hysteria Spreads to the University of Kansas

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Posted by    Friday, April 1, 2016 at 8:00am

Panicking about pro-Trump chalkings is becoming trendy.

Mediaite reports.

Now University of Kansas Students Are Complaining About ‘Donald Trump 2016’ Chalkings, Too

A week after Emory University administrators set up counseling sessions after ‘Donald Trump 2016′ chalkings were found across campus, students at the University of Kansas complained after similar chalkings were found on...

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